Matt Kurzejewski

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Matt Kurzejewski
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
BornMatthew Kurzejewski
(1991-06-27) June 27, 1991 (age 33)
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season 2008
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Former teams Ken Schrader Racing, Kurzejewski Motorsports Inc.
Starts34
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish3rd in 2016
Finished last season3rd (2016)
Awards
2015 ARCA Superspeedway Championship
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2013 position79th
Best finish79th (2013)
First race 2013 Fan Appreciation 200 Presented by New Holland (Iowa)
Last race 2013 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Last updated on: January 6, 2020.

Matthew Kurzejewski (born June 27, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 52 Toyota/Chevrolet for Ken Schrader Racing in 2016. Prior to that, he competed with his own team for the entirety of his stock car racing career. This includes in ARCA part-time for four seasons (2008 and 2013, 2014, and 2015, the year he won the series' superspeedway championship. He also made two Truck Series starts in 2013 at Iowa and Las Vegas and ran part-time in the East Series in 2009. However, he is currently and has been without a ride in any series since 2016.

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Racing career

After getting many good finishes driving part-time for his own team for a few years, he signed with the No. 52 team for Ken Schrader Racing to run his first full season in ARCA in 2016. Also, they picked up sponsorship from Menards (as well as Ansell), which moved over to KSR after sponsoring Frank Kimmel since 2009. They replaced Federated Auto Parts as the team's full season sponsor. [1] That year marked the first time the No. 52 car ran with one driver for the full season for the first time in over three years. Even though he did not win any races, Kurzejewski earned a third-place finish in points.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122NCWTCPtsRef
2013 SS-Green Light Racing 81 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW
27
CHI LVS
24
TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 53rd37 [2]

Camping World East Series

Camping World East Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011NCWECPtsRef
2009 Kurzejewski Motorsports Inc.10 Dodge GRE
20
TRI
25
SBO
18
15th906 [3]
07 Toyota IOW
13
10 GLN
17
NHA TMP
Ford ADI
17
LRP
14
NHA
35
DOV
28

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021ARSCPtsRef
2008 K Automotive Racing 00 Ford DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL
18
65th390 [4]
2013 Kurzejewski Motorsports Inc.54 Dodge DAY
9
MOB SLM TAL
10
TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 68th370 [5]
2014 DAY
32
MOB SLM 72nd220 [6]
66 TAL
16
TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN
2015 54 Chevy DAY
7
MOB NSH SLM TAL
6
TOL NJE POC
5
MCH
5
CHI
6
WIN IOW
15
IRP POC
3
BLN ISF DSF SLM KEN
9
KAN
9
17th1755 [7]
2016 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Toyota DAY
29
NSH
13
SLM
9
TOL
5
POC
13
MCH
8
MAD
7
WIN
4
IOW
6
IRP
16
POC
11
BLN
3
ISF
13
DSF
13
SLM
7
CHI
20
KEN
5
KAN
6
3rd4585 [8]
Chevy TAL
8
NJE
8

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References

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